Subject and Predicate

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Subject and Predicate

• Focusing Writing Through Structures
• The BASIC ACTION SENTENCE

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THE BASIC ACTION SENTENCE

• WHO or WHAT ACTION (subject predicate)
• MSTMain Sentence Trunk

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The Basic Action Sentence

• Subject and Predicate
• The basic action sentence has two parts the part
  that tells 1. WHO or WHAT is doing the action,
  plus the ACTION itself. The ACTION tells what the
  subject did in the past, is doing now, or will do
  in the future.
• The WHO or WHAT part is often called the subject
  of the sentence. The ACTION part is often called
  the predicate.

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WHO/WHAT ACTIONSubject and Predicate Practice

• Identify the WHO/WHAT and the ACTION/VERB.
• 2. Identify the subject and the predicate.
• HERE WE GO!

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• The baby cried.
• The baby cried in the night.
• The baby cried and screamed in the night.
• The tiny baby cried and screamed in the night.

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1. Menna typed on the computer keyboard. 2. The
first grade teacher wrote the lesson on the
board. 3. The ridiculously tall hat blocked my
view in the movie theater. 4. My favorite video
game was on sale at the store. 5. The energetic
children ran around on the playground. 6. The
lady with the hairnet on served lunch in the
cafeteria.
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Examples

• who action
• 1. MSTThe boy rode on a sled.
• what action
• 2. MSTThe wagon rolled down the hill.
• SAMPLE 'WHO/WHAT's"
• the baker, the fireman, the cat,
• the shark, the magician, the dancer. the spider,
  the artist, the surfer,
• the clown, the dinosaur, the thief, the teacher,
  the train, the airplane,
• SAMPLE ACTIONS
• ran to the store, barked, swam in the ocean,
  painted a picture. put out the fire. scared the
  people. performed a trick, ate apple pie,
• arrived early, practiced a new dance,
• decided to play.jumped, taught the class

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THE TRUNK

• The trunk is the main part of a tree!
• Without it a tree would not be possible.
• The Basic ActionSentence is like the trunk of a
  tree in that there could be no sentence without
  it.
• The Basic Action Sentence (the part that tells
  WHO or WHAT plus the ACTION) might be thought of
  as the MAIN SENTENCE TRUNK. Just as there would
  be no tree without a trunk, there would be no
  sentence without a MAIN SENTENCE TRUNK!

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• WHO or WHAT ACTION GROUP 1 and ACTION GROUP 2.
• (subject compound predicate)
• In the Basic Action Sentence, the WHO or WHAT may
  do two separate actions.
• EXAMPLE
• who action group 1 and action group
• The man jumped from the roof and landed on his
  feet.
• The mansubject
• jumped from the roof and landed on his feet.
• predicate

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YOUR TURN

• DIRECTIONS Write a sentence with the pattern
• WHO or WHAT action group 1 and action group 2.
• EXAMPLE
• what action group 1 and action group 2.
• The penguin threw a snowball and hit the other
  penguin in the head.

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• DIRECTIONS
• Sentence 1 Write a 2 sentence narrative sequence
  
• ( a 2 sentence story) with the following pattern
  
• WHO or WHAT ACTION GROUP 1 and
• ACTION GROUP 2.
• EXAMPLE
• what action group 1 and action group 2
• Sentence Example
• Sentence 1The bird sat on a small branch in the
  oak tree and chirped a long time.
• Sentence 2 Then it flew away.
• GOLDEN RULE REMINDER Vary phrase length!

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• In the Basic Action Sentence, the WHO or WHAT may
  do three separate actions. Use commas to separate
  each action group. EXAMPLE
• who action group 1, action group 2, and action
  group 3.
• The squirrel sat on a limb, held a nut in his
  paws, and began to eat.

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WRITE!

• Write a sentence with the following pattern that
  has three action groups
• WHO or WHAT action group 1, action group 2, and
  action group 3.
• EXAMPLE
• The cat batted at the ball, looked around, and
  ran up the curtain.

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WRITE

• Write a two sentence sequence (a two sentence
  story) with the following pattern
• Sentence 1 WHO or WHAT action.
• Sentence 2 WHO or WHAT action group 1, action
  group 2, and action group 3.
• EXAMPLE
• WHO Action. WHO action group , action group
  2, and action 3.
• The lady called for help. She picked up the
  phone, dialed 911, and nervously waited to report
  the accident.